7-letter words containing n, i, t
- spirant — fricative (def 2).
- spiting — a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- spraint — a piece of otter's dung
- sputnik — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting satellites: Sputnik I was the world's first space satellite.
- squinty — characterized by or having a squint.
- staging — a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- stainer — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- staines — a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- staking — something that is wagered in a game, race, or contest.
- staling — not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stalino — a former name of Donetsk.
- stamina — a plural of stamen.
- staniel — a kestrel
- stanine — a unit on a scale of nine levels used to group the results of aptitude tests, or this method or scale of testing
- staning — stone.
- stannic — of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- staring — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
- starnie — a little star
- stating — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
- station — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- staving — one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- stay in — remain at home
- staying — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- stearin — Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 1 8 H 3 5 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- steinem — Gloria, born 1934, U.S. women's-rights activist, journalist, and editor.
- steiner — Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- stencil — a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- step in — (of garments, shoes, etc.) put on by being stepped into.
- step-in — (of garments, shoes, etc.) put on by being stepped into.
- stettin — German name of Szczecin.
- stewing — to cook (food) by simmering or slow boiling.
- sthenia — strength; excessive vital force.
- sthenic — sturdy; heavily and strongly built.
- stibine — a colorless, slightly water-soluble, poisonous gas, SbH 3 , usually produced by the reaction of dilute hydrochloric acid with an alloy of antimony and either zinc or magnesium.
- stiffen — to make stiff.
- stikine — a river in NW British Columbia, Canada and SE Alaska, flowing W and SW to the Pacific Ocean: important route in 1890s Klondike gold rush. 335 miles (539 km) long.
- stilton — either of two rich cheeses made from whole milk, blue-veined (blue Stilton) or white (white Stilton), both very strong in flavour
- stimson — Henry L(ewis) 1867–1950, U.S. statesman: secretary of war 1911–13, 1940–45; secretary of state 1929–33.
- stinger — a person or thing that stings.
- stinker — a person or thing that stinks.
- stinnes — Hugo [hoo-gaw;; English hyoo-goh] /ˈhu gɔ;; English ˈhyu goʊ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1924, German industrialist.
- stinted — to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance: Don't stint on the food. They stinted for years in order to save money.
- stipend — a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- stoking — to poke, stir up, and feed (a fire).
- stonily — full of or abounding in stones or rock: a stony beach.
- stoning — the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stop in — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- stoping — any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- storing — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stoting — the process or technique of finishing a facing, collar, or the like, or of mending material with concealed stitching.